The Germany men's national volleyball team represents Germany in international volleyball competitions. It is governed by the German Volleyball Association. Germany won the gold medal at the 1970 World Championship as East Germany and the bronze medal at the 2014 World Championship.
After German reunification, West Germany (1949–1990) was renamed Germany and they absorbed East Germany (1949–1990) with the records. Since 1992 they have appeared at the Olympic Games on two occasions, finishing with a ninth place at Beijing 2008 and a fifth place at London 2012. However, Germany have enjoyed some recent success on the continental stage, winning gold at the 2015 European Games and silver at the 2017 European Championship. Before reunification, East Germany finished fourth at Mexico City 1968, before winning the silver medal at Munich 1972. East Germany were also crowned FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship and clinched the FIVB World Cup in 1969.
Competition record By West Germany national team, East Germany national team and Germany national team
Olympics Games Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Olympic Games recordYearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 1964did not qualify 19684th9632212449374 1972 East Germany752168295256 1976did not qualify 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 20089th514612418440 20125th624614429463 2016did not qualify 2020 20246th422108397372 2028Future event 2032Total5/18311615605419881905
World Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 1949did not enter 1952 195612th10822410480387 1960did not qualify 196211th1082259480329 19664th12842615505407 1970did not qualify 19744th11652119478446 19789th10461520361437 198212th10281024363439 1986did not qualify 1990 199411th413410128193 1998did not qualify 2002 20069th1486282411961183 20108th9361218659689 20143rd16115341912431136 2018did not qualify 202215th41349291311 202521st31246252249 2027To be determined 2029Total1 Title113615220718364366206
World Cup
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 19655th place7341313305301 1969East Germany 7 6 1 19 6 341 237 1977did not qualify 1981 1985 1989 19917th853199N/AN/A 1995did not qualify 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023Total1 Title221485128646538
World League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
World League record YearRoundPosition 1990did not participate 1991 1992 Intercontinental round 12th 12 1 11 9 35 1993 Intercontinental round 8th 20 9 11 32 42 1994 Intercontinental round 10th 12 2 10 9 33 1995did not participate 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Intercontinental round 13th 12 0 12 11 36 2002 Intercontinental round 9th 12 4 8 21 30 2003 Intercontinental round 10th 12 4 8 20 29 2004 did not qualify 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Intercontinental round 9th 12 7 5 26 21 2011 Intercontinental round 11th 12 5 7 23 28 2012 Final round 5th 14 11 3 37 15 2013 Intercontinental round 7th 10 5 5 21 19 2014 Intercontinental round 16th 12 5 7 18 26 2015 withdrew 2016 Group Final round 26th 8 3 5 15 16 2017 Group Final round 27th 8 6 2 19 8 Total 5th place 13/28 156 62 94 261 338 —
Nations League Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
Nations League record YearResult 2018 9th 15 7 8 29 30 1299 1307 2019 14th 15 3 12 23 41 1349 1470 2021 13th 15 4 11 22 38 1255 1360 2022 12th 12 4 8 18 29 969 1103 2023 11th 12 3 9 16 28 963 1036 2024 11th 12 5 7 20 25 1018 1048 2025 15th 12 5 7 25 27 1181 1179 2026 13th 12 5 7 23 28 1133 1162 2027 qualified Total 9/9 105 36 69 176 246 9167 9665 —
European Games
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 20151st871225665559 2019 Volleyball tournament not held 2023Total1 Title871225665559
European Championship
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
European Championship record YearRoundPosition 1948 did not enter 1950 1951 1955 1958 1st round 9th 11 9 2 27 10 1963 1st round 9th 10 9 1 28 5 1967 Final group 4th 10 7 3 25 12 1971 Final group 4th 8 5 3 15 11 1975 1st round 7th 7 5 2 16 7 1977 1st round 9th 7 4 3 13 13 1979 1st round 9th 7 2 5 9 15 1981 Final group 6th 7 2 5 11 17 1983 Final group 6th 7 3 4 10 15 1985 did not qualify 1987 1989 1st round 9th 7 2 5 11 19 1991 Semifinals 4th 7 3 4 12 14 1993 Semifinals 4th 7 4 3 13 15 1995 2nd round 8th 7 2 5 9 16 1997 Groups round 9th 5 2 3 7 12 1999 did not qualify 2001 Groups round 9th 5 1 4 6 14 2003 2nd round 7th 7 4 3 14 12 2005 did not qualify 2007 2nd round 5th 8 5 3 16 11 2009 2nd round 5th 8 4 4 16 17 2011 1st round 15th 3 0 3 3 9 2013 Quarterfinals 6th 4 3 1 10 5 2015 Quarterfinals 8th 5 2 3 8 9 2017 Final 2nd 6 5 1 16 8 2019 Quarterfinals 8th 7 3 4 12 13 2021 Quarterfinals 5th 7 5 2 16 10 2023Round of 16 9th 6 3 3 14 11 2026Quarterfinals 7th 7 5 2 15 12 2028To be determined Total Final 26/34 180 110 89 354 311 —
European League
Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 20044th1486302212181149 20055th1257212310251001 20065th1266262210821041 20076th1284282110911048 20084th1486312412611194 20091st14104371912701173Total1 Title78453317313169476606
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPL 2019Did not Enter 2023Champions770214611493Total1 Title770214611493
FIVB Olympic Qualification Tournament - Men's European qualification Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place Q Qualified to Olympic games
YearResultPldWLSWSLPWPLQO 2000Pre–qualification Round8441817779760X 20043rd place42259309324X 20085th place7521712639611Q 20122nd place6632021813729Q 20164th place532125471444X 20192nd place532116421408XTotal6 Title35231583703,4323,2762
Team Current squad Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 28 June 2024.
Head coach: Michał Winiarski
1 Christian Fromm 5 Moritz Reichert 6 Johannes Tille 9 György Grozer 10 Julian Zenger 11 Lukas Kampa (c) 12 Anton Brehme 13 Ruben Schott 14 Moritz Karlitzek 21 Tobias Krick 22 Tobias Brand 25 Lukas Maase
Coaches history Years Name 1956–1956 Eberhard Schulz 1957–1958 Werner Lohr 1958–1970 Edgar Blossfeldt 1959–1960 Jerzy Pławczyk 1961–1964 Alexander Mühle 1965–1971 Miroslav Rovný 1971–1971 Josef Stolarik 1971–1971 Akira Kato 1971–1972 Manfred Kindermann 1973–1974 Michael Gregori 1974–1975 Sebastian Mihăilescu 1976–1983 Michael Gregori 1983–1987 Zbigniew Jasiukiewicz 1987–1990 Stelian Moculescu 1990–1994 Igor Prieložný 1995–1998 Olaf Kortmann 1999–2008 Stelian Moculescu 2009–2011 Raúl Lozano 2012–2016 Vital Heynen 2017–2021 Andrea Giani 2022–2025 Michał Winiarski 2026–present Massimo Botti
Kit providers The table below shows the history of kit providers for the Germany national volleyball team.
PeriodKit provider2003–2021 Asics Erreà Stanno2021–2023 Hummel2023–2025 Kempa Mikasa2026– Adidas
Sponsorship Primary sponsors include: main sponsors like Kempa Sport other sponsors: Mikasa, volleyballdirekt and Kintex.
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References
External links
FIVB profile